Old Tyme Memry Acoustic chords by Erik Petersen

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Eric Peterson - Old Tyme Mem'ry
(Mischief Brew)

Verse/Intro:
   D MajorD         G+G         B minorBm
When father bought the farm, we sold the farm
      A augmentedA           G+G
Mistook his blood for rustic charm
       A augmentedA       G+G
Sold his ghost as an antique,
    A augmentedA
to the city

Verse:
D MajorD        G+G      B minorBm
 And kids today can’t hold a spade
    A augmentedA          G+G
Rest in peace, ye olde weary trades
       A augmentedA       G+G
In this world, there is no place,
    A augmentedA
such a pity

Verse:
     D MajorD         G+G         B minorBm
Well, the barman shakes his head and fills my glass
      A augmentedA       G+G
Says we’re living in the past
   A augmentedA        G+G
“Why preserve a dying craft?
    A augmentedA
End its misery.”

Verse:
  D MajorD       G+G        B minorBm
We sigh and say, “Another modern man
    A augmentedA      G+G
One of property not land.”
       A augmentedA        G+G
So I’ll hold out this battered hand
    A augmentedA
Will you listen?

Chorus:
     D MajorD       G+G
Come sit down, we’re lamenting
   D MajorD        G+G
About yesterday’s sad ending
     B minorBm      G+G
About the water in me’ whiskey
  B minorBm         G+G
The brass passed off as gold
    D MajorD      G+G
Another round, we’re descending
   D MajorD    G+G
Into olde time mem’ry
   B minorBm        G+G
Of a day when wood was wooden
    B minorBm       G+G
Silver silver, gold was gold
   A augmentedA    D MajorD
Sweet home was home

Verse:
    D MajorD         G+G           B minorBm
So you say you got a wood stove in your second home
    A augmentedA         G+G
Runs on gas but looks like oak
     A augmentedA       G+G         A augmentedA
Hell, it even gives off smoke and glowing embers

Verse:
     D MajorD         G+G            B minorBm
There’s a quilt hung on the wall, reads “Home Sweet Home.”
      A augmentedA        G+G
Below, some wise words from Thoreau
     A augmentedA          G+G      A augmentedA
And they call me a throwback when I cry, “Remember?”

Chorus:
     D MajorD       G+G
Come sit down, we’re lamenting
   D MajorD        G+G
About yesterday’s sad ending
     B minorBm      G+G
About the water in me’ whiskey
  B minorBm         G+G
The brass passed off as gold
    D MajorD      G+G
Another round, we’re descending
   D MajorD    G+G
Into olde time mem’ry
   B minorBm        G+G
Of a day when wood was wooden
    B minorBm       G+G
Silver silver, gold was gold
   A augmentedA    D MajorD
Sweet home was home

Solo:
D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G B minorBm G+G B minorBm G+G A augmentedA G+G 2x
B minorBm A augmentedA B minorBm

Bridge:
D MajorD      G+G      B minorBm
 Son, these tools are artifacts
      A augmentedA        G+G
Endangered species left its tracks
      A augmentedA         G+G
So lock me up behind plastic glass
    A augmentedA
in the city

D MajorD      G+G       B minorBm
 There’s no going back for me
   A augmentedA        G+G
This antique’s rustic eulogy
     A augmentedA      G+G
Shall be sold as folk artistry,
    A augmentedA
such a pity

Verse:
D MajorD     G+G       B minorBm
 But I’ll never understand
      A augmentedA         G+G
Why they all long to use those hands
      A augmentedA           G+G          A augmentedA
To build a stead that will always stand in “olde tyme” country

Verse:
D MajorD          G+G         B minorBm
But settle for white rooms and hollow doors
   A augmentedA        G+G
Paper ceilings, padded floors
    A augmentedA         G+G         A augmentedA
Luxury boxes where you’re stored in what was country

Chorus:
     D MajorD       G+G
Come sit down, we’re lamenting
   D MajorD        G+G
About yesterday’s sad ending
     B minorBm      G+G
About the water in me’ whiskey
  B minorBm         G+G
The brass passed off as gold
    D MajorD      G+G
Another round, we’re descending
   D MajorD    G+G
Into olde time mem’ry
   B minorBm        G+G
Of a day when wood was wooden
    B minorBm       G+G
Silver silver, gold was gold
   A augmentedA    D MajorD
Sweet home was home

Chorus/Outro:
     D MajorD       G+G
Come sit down, we’re lamenting
   D MajorD        G+G
About yesterday’s sad ending
     B minorBm      G+G
About the water in me’ whiskey
  B minorBm         G+G
The brass passed off as gold
    D MajorD      G+G
Another round, we’re descending
   D MajorD    G+G
Into olde time mem’ry
   B minorBm        G+G
Of a day when wood was wooden
    B minorBm       G+G
Silver silver, gold was gold
   A augmentedA    D MajorD
Sweet home was home